A method and transmission system for amplifying and providing navigation signals. The system comprises a splitter circuit configured to receive a plurality of radio frequency (RF) signals oscillating at at least two different frequencies f1 and f2. The splitter circuit is further configured to split and forward the RF signals having the f1 frequency to a first bandpass filter and the RF signals having the f2 frequency to a second bandpass filter. The system further comprises a first tunable amplifier configured to receive the RF signals from the first bandpass filter. The system further comprises a second tunable amplifier configured to receive the RF signals from the second bandpass filter at substantially the same time as the first tunable amplifier's receipt of the RF signals from the first bandpass filter. The first tunable amplifier is further configured to amplify its RF signals across a first band centered around the frequency f1. The second tunable amplifier is further configured to amplify its RF signals across a second band centered around the frequency f2. The amplified RF signals are fed substantially concurrently into a mixer circuit for transmission via an RF antenna to a navigation receiver.
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2. The transmission system of claim 1, wherein the first and second tunable amplifiers amplify the RF signals without an up-conversion to a higher frequency prior to transmission via the RF antenna.
3. The transmission system of claim 1, further comprising the mixer circuit and the mixer circuit is configured to mix and feed the RF signals into the RF antenna without an up-conversion to a higher frequency prior to transmission via the RF antenna.
4. The transmission system of claim 1, wherein the tunable bandpass filters and tunable amplifiers are integrated into a single amplifier circuit.
5. The transmission system of claim 1, wherein the RF signals are in analog form suitable for transmission over the RF antenna.
6. The transmission system of claim 1, further comprising a controller component configured to provide the number of RF signals “n” and bands to the splitter circuit, wherein “n” is greater or equal to 2.
7. The transmission system of claim 1, further comprising a non-volatile memory device configured to store the signal characteristics at time of manufacturing of the transmission system and maintain integrity of and ability to retrieve the signal characteristics after a loss of power to the transmission system.
8. The transmission system of claim 1, further comprising a wideband filter configured to receive and filter the amplified RF signals prior to delivery to the RF antenna.
9. The transmission system of claim 1, further comprising a reference timing source and ephemeris reference source in communication with a digital processing circuit that generates the RF signals.
10. The transmission system of claim 1, further comprising the first and second bandpass filters, wherein the first bandpass filter is tunable for a band surrounding the frequency f1 and the second bandpass filter is tunable for a band surrounding the frequency f2.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein feeding the RF signals into the mixer circuit comprises maintaining the RF signals at substantially the same frequencies f1 and f2 without an up-conversion to a higher frequency prior to transmission via the RF antenna.
13. The method of claim 11, further comprising mixing and feeding the RF signals into the RF antenna without an up-conversion to a higher frequency prior to transmission via the RF antenna.
14. The method of claim 11, wherein the tunable bandpass filters and tunable amplifiers are integrated into a single amplifier circuit.
15. The method of claim 11, wherein the RF signals are and remain in analog form suitable for transmission over the RF antenna during splitting and amplification.
16. The method of claim 11, further comprising providing the number of RF signals “n” and bands to a splitter circuit that is configured to perform splitting and forwarding of the RF signals, wherein “n” is greater or equal to 2.
17. The method of claim 11, further comprising storing in a non-volatile memory device the signal characteristics at time of manufacturing to maintain integrity of and ability to retrieve the signal characteristics after a loss of power.
18. The method of claim 11, further comprising filtering with a wideband filter the amplified RF signals prior to delivery to the RF antenna.
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